>>> Sebastian Staudt <koraktor@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb am 19.07.2018 um 09:55 in Nachricht <CA+xP2SZJ0VN0Y7SChAx1a8joVMKMU2R9d0je801i=9SuLicF3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hello Ulrich, > > if you want to ignore a file in the root of the repository (and only > there) this is the correct syntax: > > /foo Hi! Thanks, you are perfectly right: It works, and actually, when read carefully enough, the last item in "PATTERN FORMAT" explains that. Maybe the EXAMPLES could have an example for each item (5 cases) described ;-) Regards, Ulrich > > Best regards, > Sebastian > Am Do., 19. Juli 2018 um 09:45 Uhr schrieb Ulrich Windl > <Ulrich.Windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> >> Hi! >> >> I have a (simple) question I could not answer elegantly from the > gitignore(5) manual page: >> >> A project produces a "foo" binary in the root directory that I want to > ignore (So I put "foo" into .gitignore) >> Unfortunately I found out taht I cannot have a "script/foo" added while > "foo" is in .gitignore. >> So I changed "foo" to "./foo" in .gitignore. I can could add "script/foo", > but now "foo" is not ignored any more! >> >> Is there as solution other than:? >> -- >> foo >> !script/foo >> !bla/foo >> #etc. >> -- >> >> If "foo" is one exception to generally using foo elsewhere, it seems to be > counterproductive to have to add exceptions for all the cases that are not > exceptions, while "foo" is the only exception... >> >> Did I miss something? If so, maybe add it to a future manual page. >> >> Regards, >> Ulrich >> >>
